Square inch

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A square inch (plural: square inches) is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of one inch. The following symbols are used to denote square inches:

• square in
• sq inches, sq inch, sq in
• inches/-2, inch/-2, in/-2
• inches^2, inch^2, in^2
• inches², inch², in²

The square inch is a common unit of measurement in the United States and the United Kingdom.

[edit] Equivalence with other units of area

1 square inch (assuming an international inch) is equal to: (the overbars indicate repeating decimals)

• 0.006 94 square feet (1 square foot is equal to 144 square inches)
• 0.000 771 604 9382 square yards (1 square yard is equal to 1,296 square inches)
• 6.4516 square centimetres (1 square centimetre is equal to 0.155 000 310… square inches)
• 0.000 645 16 square metres (1 square metre is equal to 1,550.003 100… square inches)

[edit] See also

• 1 E-1 m² for a comparison with other areas
• Cubic inch
• Orders of magnitude (area)
• Conversion of units
• Area (geometry)
• Square (algebra), square root